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HALF DAY THIS FRIDAY
~ Noon Dismissal ~
No School for 7th & 8th Graders
Parent Teacher Conferences
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Call or Email Tammy today to set up your conference!
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Once on this Island JR - April 13-16 |  Once On This Island JR Wednesday through Saturday, April 13-16 7:00 pm Thursday benefit for Putney Family Services
click here for the press release by Francis Hauert Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 Children/Alums, $25 Family Email Tammy for reservations Check out rehearsal photos on our Shutterfly website TGS Together at http://tgstogether.shutterfly.com/email Alli for an invitation if you are not yet a member |
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ADOPT A CRANE!
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The fourth grade Fundraiser for the Japanese Red Cross ADOPT A CRANE goes through the end of April. Adopt cranes for $1.50 each or an entire crane family (five of them) for $5 and help them make their goal to make one thousand cranes. Then look for them to be strung up around the school for everyone to see. The money will go to the Japanese Red Cross to help save the people who have been hurt by the natural disasters in Japan.
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PUTNEY FOOD SHELF
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LIBBY AND THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS ARE COLLECTING FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. Boxes are in their classroom and outside Tammy's office. Thank you. Linda
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SPRING SPORTS UPDATE
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Chris Harlow will coach 5th-8th grade soccer on Mondays, Hop will teach yoga for all ages on Tuesdays, and Charlie will run a mountain biking activity for 4th-8th graders on Tuesdays. Email Mary if you would like to sign up for one or more activities - cost is $10 per student.
We still are looking for coaches for K-4 soccer, basketball, Frisbee, touch football, and/or game days. Please contact Mary if you are interested in coaching any of these activities. Thanks!
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CHECK OUT TGS SUMMER CAMPS on Facebook! SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!
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TGS SWEATSHIRT AND TSHIRT ORDER
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 Celebrate The Grammar School's 50th Anniversary! Order your TGS sweatshirt or T-shirt before Friday, May 6. You may choose the 50th, bird, or dragon logo. Download the order form online, or pick one up outside Tammy's office. |
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50th Anniversary Party
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Sign up sheets will be posted in the hall by Tammy's office next week. Areas that need some help include: Merchandise Promotion Welcome Table Parking Decorations Activities Auction Booklet Bar Thanks for your help! |
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PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
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On April 15th from 12:30-4:30 pm, The Grammar School will be offering a half day of parent/teacher conferences. As you know, these conferences are an important method of communicating between school and home. We offer conferences in August, October, January and April. The April conferences offer another way for parents to check in with teachers and vice versa.
Conferences for 5th-8th graders are by teacher or parent request. Because we have only a half-day of conferences, the number of conference slots is limited, and we may need to accommodate requested conferences at a mutually convenient time on another day. Teachers of these grades are not expecting to see every parent.
The preschool-4th grade teachers would like to see all parents, if possible. Again, conference slots are limited and will be twenty minutes in length, and we may need to accommodate some conferences on different days.
We ask for your patience and consideration of the limited time. Please call our office manager Tammy for an appointment.
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TGS BIKE CAMPS!
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Once again we have the good fortune to have Daq Woods and Jason Sperling return to TGS to run our awesome mountain bike camps. The half day camp for younger riders 8-12 years old will be July 5th-8th. The all day camp for more experienced riders will be July 12th-15th. Brochures for the camp are outside Tammy's office and a small blurb about the camps went home yesterday in the summer camp packet. If you need more info please email dgray@thegrammarschool.org. These camps are very popular and fill up fast, so please reserve your spot now! Thanks!
Deb Gray
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MUD SEASON NOTE
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UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS - Please bring a pair of clean shoes or slippers to wear in the building ASAP! After break, we will be requiring you to change your foot wear until the mud dries up and we can't follow your tracks up the stairs, into the classroom, and right to your desks! The stairs have been requiring multiple sweepings a day, and the rugs upstairs are saturated with dirt, sand, and moisture. Bring in flip-flops, sandals, slippers, clogs - a pair of shoes that WILL NOT be worn outside.
Thank you from your weary sometimes cleaning crew,
Laurie, Hop, and Johanna. |
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WEAVING CLASSES WITH SHANA FRANK
|  Invite 2 or 3 friends to join you for a half-day "weaving party" at your house or mine. Design and weave cotton belts or headbands. Colorful cotton yarns, portable inkle looms, and expert instruction are provided. For girls and boys, ages 8 yr. and up. Cost: $100. Reserve a Spring Vacation date or any Saturday by contacting Shana Frank, 802-722-4359 or shanaf@sover.net. Shana teaches weaving in TGS's Studio Arts Summer Camp program. |
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COMMUNITY NEWS!
Looking for a babysitter?
If you need some summer help give me a call! My name is Colleen Goldberg. I am from Putney. I am currently finishing my freshman year at the University of Vermont. I have babysat for various families throughout the past couple of years and love children! I am active, upbeat and responsible. I love doing arts and crafts, playing outside and making sure that the kids are having fun! I also have access to a vehicle. I am available mid-May to early-August. My greatest availability is mornings but I also have some afternoons and evenings hours. References available per request. Contact Information: Phone: 802-683-4909; Email: ckgoldbe@uvm.edu
Twilight Music presents RED MOLLY ~ Folk, Bluegrass, Americana ~ Sunday, April 17 at 7:30 pm at Next Stage (formerly the United Church of Putney), 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT. Tickets $17 General/$15 Seniors and Students. Reservations and info: 802-254-9276 or www.twilightmusic.org.
"MEMPHIS" on Broadway - 2010 Best Musical Tony Award. May 14th - Bus leaves Bellows Falls at 7 am, allowing time for sightseeing, lunch, and shopping before the 2:00 matinee at the Shubert Theater. Return at 5:30 with stop for dinner. Call (463-4270) or stop in Rockingham Free Public Library for tickets. $125 includes mezzanine theater ticket and transportation. Visit http://memphisthemusical.com/ If you have any questions call the library or ask me. My daughter and I are going. Ponnie
NEYT PRESENTS My Fair Lady - Founder and Artistic Director Stephen Stearns brightens NEYT's spring season with the musical story of Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," with lyrics & music by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe. Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza, to pass for a duchess at the embassy ball by teaching her impeccable speech. The bet becomes more than a game as the two spend more and more time together...
Performances will be April 15-17, with evening performances Friday & Saturday at 7 pm and matinees on Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm. The show is also performing a second week: April 19-23, with evening performances Tuesday through Saturday at 7 pm and a matinee on Saturday at 2 pm.
Tickets: $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $10 for students
Advance Tickets: www.neyt.org, or at the NEYT box office on Wednesdays from 12-5pm. More Information: 802-246-6398.
Thanks to our sponsors, Sam's Outdoor Outfitters and The Bear Bookshop.
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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS!
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CALENDAR
April 13-16
Wednesday-Saturday
Once on this Island
7-8 Musical
7:00 pm
April 13
Wednesday
Moira Smiley
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All School Meeting
April 15 Friday 1/2 Day NOON DISMISSAL No School 7/8 Parent Teacher Conferences 12:30-4:30 pm April 18-22 Spring Break April 28 Thursday Opus 22 Concert Chandler Center for the Arts Randolph, VT 6:30 pm April 30 Saturday Work Day 9:00 am-noon Lunch served at noon May 20 Friday Grandparents Grandfriends Day May 21 Saturday 50th Anniversary Party 4:00-9:00 pm at TGS |
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